Data Skrive:
After a four-hit game last time out, Luis Arraez leads the San Diego Padres (76-59) as -112 favorites against the St. Louis Cardinals (66-67). Action gets underway from Busch Stadium at 2:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, live on BSMW. San Diego’s Michael King and St. Louis’ Sonny Gray have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our preview for this matchup, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.86
Padres to win vs Cardinals -112
Padres vs. Cardinals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-112)
- Underdog: Cardinals (-107)
- Over/under: 7.5
Padres vs. Cardinals Betting Insights
- The Padres have won in 49, or 57.6%, of the 85 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season San Diego has been victorious 47 times in 83 chances when named as a favorite of at least -112 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 52.8% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Cardinals have been the underdog on the moneyline 66 total times this season. They’ve gone 33-33 in those games.
- St. Louis is 32-33 (winning 49.2% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -107 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cardinals’ implied win probability is 51.7%.
Padres vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar leads San Diego in runs batted in with 80 while batting .285.
- Among hitters in Major League Baseball, Profar is 35th in homers and 19th in RBI.
- Jackson Merrill has 134 hits and an OBP of .322 to go with a slugging percentage of .487 this season.
- Alec Burleson leads the Cardinals in home runs (21) and runs batted in (72).
- Among all hitters in the majors, Burleson’s home run total puts him 35th, and his RBI total ranks 36th.
- Brendan Donovan has 27 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 38 walks while hitting .263.
Padres vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Padres strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
- The Padres have the 14th-ranked ERA (3.98) in the majors this season.
- The Padres have a combined 1.239 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
- The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 26th in MLB.
- St. Louis has a 4.16 team ERA that ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.274).